Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, many businesses would have had to come to a complete halt if not for cutting-edge solutions from the tech industry. Although the work done by every tech team to enable remote work, e-commerce and connectivity has been valuable, the pandemic has seen its share of definite winners. IT World Canada brought this interesting information to our attention in their article, “3 themes driving emerging technology innovation.”

Use cases abound for humanoid technologies in human resource training, communications, medical care and customer service. As a result of the pandemic, digital humans have appeared in feature films, performed at conferences and acted as brand influencers.

Because of societal roadblocks and ethical concerns, not to mention immature technologies, there are challenges for digital humans, but the potential for business impact and differentiation is pushing some organizations to pursue this technology.

Artificial intelligence (AI) has been accelerated during the pandemic. Companies are using this as an opportunity to leverage AI to reinvent themselves to succeed in the long term. However, most organizations have little knowledge of how AI systems make the decisions they do.

Explainable AI allows users to comprehend and trust the output created by machine learning algorithms. Access Innovations is the intelligence and the technology behind world-class explainable AI solutions.

Melody K. Smith

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